Cigarette maker



Jan. 13, 1959 o. J. MARCOTTE CIGARETTE MAKER Filed May 29. 1957 Oswald.1 Marcof/e INVENTOR.

WWW FM? Unim 2,868,209 Patented Jan. 13, 1959 CIGARETTE MAKER Oswald J.Marcotte, Ironton, Mo. Application May 29, 1957, Serial No. 662,422 3Claims. (Cl. 131-58) The present invention relates to certain new anduseful improvements in a portable structural device which is expresslyand suitably constructed and designed to enable a user thereof toexpeditiously, economically, and compactly form and turn out cigarettesof the roll-your-ownt pe.

As the preceding general statement of the nature of the inventionclearly reveals, individual cigarette rolling and making devices arenot, of course, new. As a matter of fact, the idea of appropriating andusing a hollow and slotted forming mandrel is old, as exemplified in along since expired patent to Sweeting under 594,501 of November 30,1897. Other examples, generally speaking, are disclosed in Patents.1,654,111 of December 27, 1927, and 1,920,955, of August 8, 1933. Interms of generalities the-provision of a base having means. toaccommodate a cylindrical cigarette shaping and forming tube or cylindertends to be common to devices in the category of invention underconsideration.

An object of the instant invention is to structurally, functionally andotherwise improve upon similarly constructed and performing prior artadaptations. Looking toward accomplishment of this end result theinstant invention is characterized by a longitudinally slotted cigaretteforming tube which is cylindrical in cross-section. This tube is open atone end and closed at its opposite end and provided at the last namedend with a finger gripping and turning knob. An insertible and removableclosing plug is fitted telescopically in the open end of the tube. Asimple portable base is provided to accommodatingly support the tube andto permit it to be rotatably and also removably mounted and, inaddition, a paper holddown clamp or clip is mounted on the base in aposition to cooperate with said tube.

The invention also features the provision of a base which is block-likeand has a groove extending from one longitudinal side to the other andwhich is open at its ends to provide a pocket-like channel or receiverfor the tube. The groove also opens through the top of the base in amanner to functionally cooperate with a slot in the tube.

Other objects, features and advantages will become more readily apparentfrom the following description and the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing, wherein like numerals are employed to designate likeparts throughout the same:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cigarette making device constructed inaccordance with the principles of the present invention and showing oneof the procedural cigarette making steps;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view in section and elevation taken onthe plane of the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of thearrows;

Fig. 3 is a section taken transversely on the vertical line 3-3 of Fig.2;

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are fragmentary sectional views on an exaggerated scaleillustrating the progressive steps which are followed in positioning andpreparing the cigarette filling it with tobacco, rolling and gluing toprovide the tight wound cylindrical wrapper and removing to provide thefinished cigarette; and t Fig. 7 is a section through the ready-to-usecigarette.

Referring now to the drawings with the aid of reference numerals thebase is denoted generally by the numeral 3 and it is preferablyrectangular and may be made of commercial plastics or wood suitablypainted and otherwise in finished form for appearance purposes. The topand bottom surfaces 10 and 12 are flat. The lengthwise vertical marginalsurfaces are also fiat and denoted at 14 and 16, respectively. Suitablymounted on the top surface adjacent one end of the block or base is anappropriate holddown clip or clamp 18 for the cigarette paper 20. Morespecifically, the body of the clip 22 is of plate-like form and has afinger-piece 24 at one end and downwardly extending ears 26 intermediateits ends and which are hingedly connected at. 28 to upstanding ears 30on an attaching bracket 32. There is a straight across oblique angleblade 34 which is intended to engage an adjacent free edge portion 36 ofthe cigarette paper 20. The opposite edge portion 38' is intended to beregistered and lines up with a marker line 40 as shown in the drawing(Figs. 1 and 2). The block isabored. or otherwise formed and providedwith the aforementioned transversely disposed groove 42 which opens atits ends through the marginal edges 16 and has its mouth openingthroughthe top surface 10 of said block. The paper is stretched acrossthis open mouth 36 of the groove 42 in the manner shown when desiredtoform-a cigarette, one edge being clamped and the other edge 38 beingheld with the fingers (Fig. 4).

Attention is next directed to the cylindrical tube 44 which is removablyand rotatably mounted in the pocketforming groove 42. One end portion ofthe tube extends beyond the wall 16 where it is provided with a fingergripping knob 46. The tube has a slot 48 therein and the end opposite tothe knob is completely open to telescopically accommodate an insertibleand removable closing plug 50 having an appropriate finger-grip 52.

In practice the tube 44 is inserted into the groove 42 so that it may beturned in a clockwise direction. The knob 46 protrudes beyond the blockfor convenience of operation.

After the tube is inserted into the groove the plug $0 is put in placeand the device is then set somewhat as shown in Figs. 1 to 3. At thisstage the paper 20 is laid atop the block and the edge portions 36 and38 are lined up one with the marker line 40 and with the edge 36 engagedbetween the blade 34 of the holddown clip. Now the paper is stretchedacross the mouth of the groove and also the slot 43 in the tube 44.Using a suitable blunt instrument the paper is pressed down or forcedthrough the slot 48 in the slotted tube until it lines the walls of thetube, in the manner shown in Fig. 4. An ordinary piece of cigarettepaper with a gummed marginal edge, the edge portion 36, is used. Withthe free edge 33 spaced from the edge portion 36 in the manner seen inFig. 4 the tobacco may be dumped or otherwise loaded into the potentialpaper wrapper. The wrapper, in conjunction with the forming tube, willpermit the cigarette to be readily and partially formed. By turning thetube now from the position seen in Fig. 4 to that seen in Fig. 5 oneshould use small brush with glue and move the brush along the touchingpaper portions so that the edge 38 is glued and provides an envelopearound the tobacco 54. Let the glue set a few seconds; then remove thetube 44. By releasing the gummed edge portion 36, after the tube hasbeen removed from the groove the forming step and completed cigarette isproperly carried out. Finally, moisten the gummed edge 36 and finish therolling step seen in Fig. 7 providing the ready-to-use cigarette,

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles ofthe invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction and operation shown anddescribed, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalentsmay be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention asclaimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. For home or similar use, a portable device for making an individualcigarette comprising, a longitudinally slotted cigarette forming tubecylindrical in cross-section, open at one end and closed and provided atits other end with a finger-gripable and turning knob, an insertable andremovable closing plug fitted into said open end, a base having a flatsurface on which a cigarette paper is accessibly and removably laidflatwise, said base having a groove formed therein and opening throughsaid surface and also opening through opposite marginal edge portions ofthe base and providing a pocket-like channel, said tube being removablyand rotatably mounted in said channel, and means carried by said basefor holding an edge portion of a piece of cigarette paper so that thepaper may be tucked into the tube in a manner to temporarily line thetube for reception of tobacco, said means comprising a paper-edgeholddown clamp having a spring-biased hingedly mounted blade parallel toand spaced from one lengthwise edge of the mouth of the channel.

2. An individual cigarette forming and making machine for home orsimilar use comprising a portable block-like base having a substantiallysmooth flat top surface and also having a transverse groove defining apocket-like tube receiving channel, the ends of the channel openingthrough opposite marginal walls of the base and a restricted portion ofthe channel opening through the top and providing a mouth, said topbeing provided with a readily visible marker line whereby to permit apiece of cigarette paper to be laid fiat upon said surface with one edgelined up with said marker line and an intermediate portion bridging themouth and its other edge portion projecting beyond and terminating inspaced relation parallel with said mouth, a paper clamp mounted atopsaid base and having a spring-biased hingedly mounted blade parallel toand spaced from said mouth and adapted to engage an adjacent edge of thecigarette paper and permitting the cigarette paper to be prepared forrolling and making a cigarette, and a longitudinally slotted cigaretteforming tube cylindrical in cross-section and of a cross-sectionapproximating the cross-section of the groove and fitted into saidgroove for movement by way of sliding or rotation, said tube beingprovided at one end with a finger-gripable knob and provided at itsopposite end with a removable closing plug, the slot in said tube beingadapted to be registered with said mouth to permit the cigarette paperto be pressed down through the mouth and into the interior of the tubefor purposes of lining the tube.

3. The structure defined in claim 2 and wherein said tube is of a lengthgreater than the length of the groove, at least one end of the tubeprojecting beyond a marginal side or" the base and being provided with afinger knob, said tube, including the finger knob and plug, being removable as a unit from said groove.

Mallard May 24, 1898 Colucci Dec. 16, 1941

